BRODERICK, Case, (cousin of David Colbreth Broderick and Andrew Kennedy),
a Representative from Kansas; born near Marion, Grant County, Ind.,
September 23, 1839; attended the common schools; moved to Holton, Jackson
County, Kans., in 1858 and engaged in agricultural pursuits; during the Civil
War enlisted as a private in the Second Kansas Battery in 1862 and was mustered
out at Leavenworth in August 1865; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1870
and commenced practice in Holton, Kans.; mayor of Holton in 1874 and 1875;
prosecuting attorney of Jackson County 1876-1880; member of the State senate
1880-1884; appointed by President Arthur as an associate justice of the supreme
court of the Territory of Idaho in March 1884 and took up his residence in
Boise City, Idaho; served until the fall of 1888, when he returned to Holton,
Kans., and resumed the practice of law; elected as a Republican to the
Fifty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3,
1899); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1898; again engaged in the
practice of law in Holton, Kans.; retired from the practice of law and devoted
his time to farming and livestock interests; died in Holton, Kans., April 1,
1920; interment in Holton Cemetery.